The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
Messenger Owens Delivers the Stolen
Express Money.
He Secretes $4,000 in a Barrel in the
Rear of His Residence.
Jury Bribers Of San Francisco Being
Hauled Over the Goals.
Miners STRIKE Causes Coal Famine
in Southern Indiana.

garding the Pacific Express steal. It
was said yesterday that there had been
no robbery at all, but the facts are fur
niShed by the PinkertOn agency that
Messenger j. b. Owens stole about
s26, 900 which he brought to st. Louis
and buried near the outskirts of that
city. Owens then came to Chicago and
went direct to the home of his brother
in-law, Mr.. Tichenor, meanwhile the
detectives had intercepted telegram
from Owens to his wife, in which he
stated that everything would turn out
all right, and told her not to be alarmed,
Detective Pinkerton then went to the
fremont house and arrested Owens as
he was returning from drive. At first
he was stubborn and refused to talk
about the robbery, but upon the failure
OF bis wife to appear as she had prom
iSed, he broke down and made con-
fession, telling where he had planted
the money. PinkeIton accordingly left
with Owens Tuesday night for st.
Louis, and dispatch was received
here yesterday afternoon, stating that
S25, 600 of the money had been recOv-
cred and there was no doubt that the
balance Of the missing money would be
found in a short time. The company
VIII probably not prosecute Owens.
81. LOUIS, Oct. l3-The money taken
from Pacific Express Company by Mes
senger John Owen has all been recov
cred. It was found yesterday concealed
In barrel in shed in the rear Of the
messengers residence, 500 South
found was S33 900, and Owens directed
the men TO where the money was hid.
K0UTs CRElIAToRY.
CHICAGO, Oct. Concerning the
chicago and Atlantic horror, the Inter
Ocean has particularly significant in
terviews with DR.. G.. III. Mcclure of
Boone Grove. Those remains which
were recovered are OF persons who
were sitting in seats near the windows
and fell outward when the charred
framework fell to pieces, but those
who were sitting inside and whose re-
mains fell on the rails were burned to
powder and not vestige of them ex-
cept perhaps few pieces of bone could
be found. The heat between the rails
was SUFFICIENT to have calcined and des-
troyed all the remains. In such heat
when the charred mass cooled it would
go to powder by the embers falling on
it and nothing would ever be known of
them. l was told by one of the wreck
ers that he saw little pieces of bones,
and this was corrOborated by the state
ments of others and doubtless that was
all that remained of those who fell be-
tween the tracks for when heat is sufi-
Gent to make rails underneath red-hot
and to warp and bend them in every
conceivable shape, it is almost as in
tense as in a crematOry. DIR. Mcclure
states that the number burned to death
was at least sixteen or eighteen. Of
the wounded he speaks definitely and
his total is even higher than the press
estimate. He says that at Miller's no
tel in Kouts after the accident there
were seven ladies and ten men, making
seventeen in all. He got the name and
address of the lady mentioned in the
heroic work at the wreck, helping 9TH
ers to escape, and here it is-Mrs. John
Wousinger, Corey, Wyandotte county,
Ohio.
J. A. Frederick, who lives at Kouts
and failed to get aboard the train at
Hammond, said he knew there were
over fifty passengers aboard the train
when it left Hammond.
The Daily News has a special from
Wabash, saying: Lew Thorne, a
well known travelling man, interviewed
the porter of the rear Pullman car on
the train wrecked at Kouts. The por-
ter stated that the tickets in the pos
session of the conductor showed that
nineteen passengers were missing.
The porter himself counted fifteen
bodies, all burned to a crisp.
ENDING A DESPERATE FEUD.
GRIFFIN, Ga, October 12.-Informa-
ton of the bloody ending of family
feud of long standing has reached here.
In the northwestern part of Monroe
county, near the Spalding line, the
Hands and Coins live. They are both
families of influence and responsibility.
For long years they lived peaceably to-
gether in q neighborly sort of way.
Several years ago some local matter
caused an estrangement between the
two families. This feeling was nursed
until intense hatred existed between
NJ fxryO
Sunday afternoon A. j. Coin and w.
Hand, while going along the public
road, met each other face to face. Some
words passed between them. The bad
feeling soon exerted itself, and in few
minutes both parties had drawn their
pistols and began firing at each other.
Hand received pistol ball in his right
shoulder and in the left side of his alb
domen. Coin was shot In or near the
center of the abdomen. After Coin
had been shot, and after having put
two bullets into the body of Hand. he
took step further and sent another
ball crashing through Hands head,
killing him instantly. Coin is not yet
dead, but his wound is considered fatal.
COAL STIKERS.
VIHCENNEs, Ind, Oct. 13.-From
$500 TO 3 600 miners are out on a strike
In southern Indiana, and q coal famine
Is upon us. One Thousand or more are
out in the Davies county coal mines
and they propose to stay out and will
not listen to any compromise. The
companies are equally stubborn and
the fight promises to be long, warm
and bitter one. The Miners Fedora
ton sends out a manifesto to-day to
the effect that they are out for an ad-
vance in wages; that the companies
have pursued systematic persecution
and wages have been forced below liv-
inn rV-utn 49,
them up. Owing to former low prices
paid for work the men are in a poor con-
dit!on to stand fight. If they
are successful long step
will be taken in the direction of an adj
vance of five cents per ton for all
miners in the federation districts on
November LIST. They have good coal,
good shipping facilities, and the cost
of production here is small compared
with other mining districts. Mining
is from As TO go cents per ton, day labor
from 30 cents to 81 per day and men
paid in most part out of the company IS
store. We appeal to all miners ali
over Indiana to come to the rescue and
help on the fight. The manifesto is
signed by President Fisher of the fed
Grafton. The fiat has gone out along
the line, and the order is to stay ont and
refuse to work.
A HUMAN FIEND.
FOND OU LAC, WIS.,, Oct. 13-This
city is highly excited over the discovery
of a shocking tragedy which was com.
mitted near the limits of the CITY at an
early hour this morning. 1t seems that
an unknown burglar entered the house
of Mrs. William Cohen and four dau0h
tiers. He was discovered and made I
criminal assault on one of the womeT
put was unsuccessful. He then at
tackled the five women with q clnI
nearly killing all of them. Everythinr
indicates that terrible struggle wa,
made by the frenZied women. The as
sailant escaped. A reward of $500 ha
been offered for the detection of tn
criminal The unfortunate victim
are in a critical condition.
AFTER BRIDE GIvERs.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct ia DnhTi
defense committee. comnoaad ~ som SON,